Texas Occupations Code - Section 110.256. Confidentiality
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§ 110.256. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), all information and materials subpoenaed or
compiled by the council in connection with a complaint and
investigation are confidential and not subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552, Government Code, and not subject to disclosure,
discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their
release to anyone other than the council or its employees or agents
involved in the complaint and investigation.
(b) The information described by Subsection (a) may be
disclosed to:
(1) persons involved with the council in a complaint
and investigation;
(2) professional sex offender treatment provider
licensing or disciplinary boards in other jurisdictions;
(3) peer assistance programs approved by the board
under Chapter 467, Health and Safety Code;
(4) law enforcement agencies; and
(5) persons engaged in bona fide research, if all
individual-identifying information is deleted.
(c) The filing of formal charges by the council against a
person under this chapter, the nature of those charges, the
council's disciplinary proceedings, and final disciplinary
actions, including warnings and reprimands, by the council are not
confidential and are subject to disclosure in accordance with
Chapter 552, Government Code.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 14.005(a), eff. Sept.
1, 2003.
Section: 110.203 110.204 110.251 110.252 110.253 110.254 110.255 110.256 110.301 110.302 110.303 110.304 110.305 110.306 110.307
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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